1. Guitar Legend
Headstock____
_____________Tuning Machines
______________Tuning Post
______________Nut
^
N
E
C
K
Body____
Saddle_____________
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______________Frets
_____________Sound Hole
_____________Bridge
Know your
instrument

2. How to Properly Maintain Your
Guitar
How to Properly Maintain Your
Guitar
First, you’ll need a few items:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Never Dull
Lemon Oil
Funk Out/String Ease/String Cleaner(optional)
New Strings
Wire Cutters
Tuner
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3. Step 1
Remove Old Strings
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4. Step 2 Clean the Frets
You need to remove all of the
grime from the frets
I recommend using Never Dull
metal polisher/cleaner.
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5. Step 2 Cont:
Apply the Never Dull a
few frets at a time and
then wipe the residue
off immediately.
Be sure to apply enough
pressure to remove
unwanted rust and
smudges.
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6. This is amount will service the whole
This is all you need to clean the entire fretboard.
guitar.
Clean the length of the fret going against the grain of the
board.
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7. Step 3 Lemon Oil
Apply the oil to the rag not directly on the
fretboard.
Use sparingly, first wipe against the grain fret by
fret and then wipe the length of the fretboard.
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8. Step 4 Re-string Guitar
1: Re-string the guitar by
pulling the strings through the
saddle and up the neck.
3: Make sure to wind the tuning
machines so the strings are under
tension (not too much though).
2: Wrap the strings around the
tuning post twice before
passing through the hole.
Finally, clip the excess strings by
cutting close to the tuning post.
(this will help your guitar to
stay in tune)
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9. Step 5 Tuning The Guitar
1: Tune the guitar so that the strings relative in pitch, this is accomplished
using either two methods.
Method 1: Tune the 6th , 5th , 4th and 3rd strings by fifths then tune the
2nd string to a forth and the 1st string to a fifth.
Method 2: Using a guitar tuner, hit each string individually allowing the
note to ring out, by using the tuning machines you can either raise or
lower the pitch.
Most guitar tuners are similar, they offer virtually any type of tuning and
have an indicator that swings back and forth like a pendulum.
When the note rings in tune than the indicator rests in the center.
New strings will go out of tune quickly until the strings stretch out..
There are many free guitar tuning apps online which can be downloaded
to your smart phone or other device.
The link below is a reliable and free guitar tuner app.
GuitarTuna
Pictures are courtesy of google images.